housing costs · Iowa
Housing costs in Tama County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $872 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $865 | ± $54 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $829 | ± $48 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $781 | ± $33 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $148,600 | ± $9,729 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $139,900 | ± $9,834 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $129,400 | ± $6,771 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $117,800 | ± $4,471 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 26.5 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 26.0 % | ± 2.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 25.2 % | ± 2.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.3 % | ± 1.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Tama County is $872, above the Iowa median of $820 across 99 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.